Occupancy dynamics of wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in the coastal dunes of the Netherlands with imperfect detection

Wildlife Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 717-725

  Van Strien, A J ^a,b   Dekker, J J A ^c   Straver, M ^a   Van Der Meij, T ^a   Soldaat, L L ^a   Ehrenburg, A ^d   Van Loon, E ^b  

^a STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Mammal Society   (Netherlands)

^d Waternet   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

binomial mixture model; colonisation; persistence; rabbit haemorrhagic disease; site occupancy model

Indexed keywords

DUNE FIELD; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; LAGOMORPH; LOCAL EXTINCTION; POPULATION DECLINE; RECOLONIZATION; TRANSECT; VIRAL DISEASE; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WOODLAND;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84255178377     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR11050     Document Type: Article

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